catholic archdiocese of the needy children in new york city. the dinner has been a required stop for politicians since the end of world war ii, and it's become a tradition for presidential candidates to attend every four years and since its inception, the gala has produced very funny, very memorable moments, like this. >> the odd thing was, she handed me a bill for $15,000. [laughter] can you imagine? sure, you know, grown man paying $15,000 for somebody to tell you what to wear. heck, $15,000 these days gets you a sleepover in lincoln bedroom. [laughter] >> by the way, was it my imagination or did mayor giuliani nod when i said your excellency? [laughter] did you notice that? >> i can't -- i can't shake that feeling that some people here

are pulling for me. [applause] i'm delighted to see you here tonight, hillary. [laughter] >> it is an honor to be here with alex smith. i obviously never knew your great-grandfather, but from everything senator mccain has told me, the two of them had a great time together before prohibition. >> sean: in just a few minutes mitt romney will deliver his speech, followed by president obama. we will bring you both of their remarks in full. while the jokes and the laughter will definitely be on the menu, don't expect this dinner to be tension-free. both candidates are coming off a very heated debate, and the charity event will be hosted by cardinal timothy dolan, who has publicly clashed with the president over contraception and provisions in the new healthcare law. also today, the latest national gallup poll is showing governor mitt romney pulling away 52-45%,

clearly showing that the momentum remains in the governor's favor. we'll have much more on this poll coming up later in this hour. before mitt romney heads to the podium, let me bring in my panel from the national review, fox news contributor, rich lowry, radio talk show host, liberal, fox news contributor, leslie marshall, and the cohost of "the five," our very own dana perino. this is a fun great the cardinas sitting between the two of them, easing tensions. it's a moment for everybody to step back and say, okay, we should be focusing on the bigger picture here. we've got 19 days left to go in a very tight election, though the gallup poll today was a surprise for everybody. >> sean: the gallup poll, and we have, leslie, a poll out of pennsylvania, a bit of a shock. the polls tightsenning there, it was a two-point race. now a four-point lead in pennsylvania for governor romney. >> that's today. i'm still thinking the president will take pennsylvania.

i look forward to tonight like dana. we all need a breather. >> sean: i don't. i want another debate, more attention. >> you haven't been breathing for five years. >years. >> sean: yeah, pretty much. what do you make of -- this dinner's fun, but with that said, i watched that debate the other night, i did not see two people that liked each other very much. >> they do not like each other. it's on the record, president obama basically his aides talking to people anonymously, political reporters say he has contempt for mitt romney. i think his whole campaign has been run that way. it's not served him well. sean, i think the romney people initially had a false view of always a choice they had to offer a positive vision. romney finally did that in the first debate. the obama people, on the other hand, have always said it's a choice, but running as though it's a referendum on the challenger. the president did not have a second term agenda. he's not telling people what he'll do the next four years. which some polls gave to president obama, you go inside,

ask who has the plan, who do you trust on the economy, mitt romney won those questions running away. >> sean: cbs news gave it to governor romney. democrats are asking where are the specifics of romney's plan? he's been very specific in all the interviews i've had with him. what is obama's second term? >> honestly the frustration of the american people, clearly, even democrats like myself, are a bit angry. this is why we don't see huge points on either side from the lack of specifics on both. >> sean: what is president obama's -- sum it up for me. we're 19 days out of the election. surely you know what his plan is. >> the president has been very clear on his plan. >> what is it? >> just as clear as mitt romney's plan. >> sean: what is the president's plan? >> he wants to work with the middle class instead of working with the -- like you -- >> sean: that's his plan? >> no. he wants to benefit the middle class. >> sean: clause i like you, this is a fun night --

>> he wants to reward people instead of rewarding people for shipping jobs overseas. >> sean: there we go, the bottom line is, no plan. here's what i want to ask you. something happened today, and all of this finger-pointing over banghazi. we've got ads, other polls. bill clinton went out there today -- remember hillary "the buck stops with me." i thought that was a shot, basically saying she's in charge. there's more behind this, i think. there are in fact memos that she requested security for libya. there's a full 50-minute tape what happened that night in libya, and the american people deserve to see this before the election takes place. bill clinton said today, governor romney's argument is we're not fixed, so fire and put me in. it's true. s we're not fixed, he said. he said, when president clinton looked in the eyes of that man who said in the debate, i had so much hope four years ago, i don't now, i thought he was going to cry because obama knows it's not fixed. >> wow. >> sean: i'll show it later. >> nobody feels anybody's pain

like president clinton. i don't think president obama was about to cry, but maybe they know something i don't. [laughter] >> he was going to cry after the first debate, i think. >> sean: i think it was deeper. hillary saying "the buck stops with me," basically i'm presidents, stealing that from harry truman. he's saying he's about to crime. why do i think the clintons are angry? they're angry at the president for blaming his wife, just like the intelligence community's mad they're being blamed. >> that may be true. he also -- i mean, he's basically telling whatever knows to be true. the president cannot run on his record. this is why he's in such a horrible situation. he can't run on his record, but as leslie demonstrates he doesn't really have an agenda either. so what does he have? can only tear down mitt romney. worked for two months when he had freerunning room, negative ads to portray mitt romney as a monster. then mitt romney got up in front of 70 million people, people saw

he's totally capable and responsible guy, and all those ads went away and mitt's been rising since. >> sean: karl rove said there's never been at this point in the race somebody above 50%. this is two days in a row, gallup poll, national poll, and lost an election. >> yeah. we also have a lot -- we have a man who's the first biracial african american who's ever been presidents. >> sean: who historically -- >> sean: and no republican president has become president without winning ohio. >> sean: he's historically overpolled, president obama. >> quite frankly, the secretary of state gets up and says "the buck stops with me," i don't think anybody tells hillary what to do. >> sean: don't you think bill clinton's mad? >> no. >> sean: "fire him, put me in, because he hasn't fixed it. the president is crying because he knows he hasn't fixed it."

>> he said that when he first actually got elected he said this wasn't going to happen overnight or four years. >> sean: they are blaming his wife for banghazi, and they're mad. >> actually president obama -- >> she accepts responsibility for her position. >> she accepts for the decision what securities goes where around the world, but there's a ton of unanswered questions, including why then did the u.n. ambassador, susan rice, go on five sunday shows and tell the american people something that turns out not to be true? >> sean: five days later. >> i know what prep is like for a sunday show. somebody specifically said to say that. turns out not to be true. and it turns out they knew it wasn't true. somebody is not talking to one another. if they put all of them in different rooms, interrogated all of them the same questions, there would be so many different answers. >> sean: dana, one thing, it was five days with susan rice and

jay carney. nine days with the president -- 14 days with the president when he went on "the view" and asked a direct question. "i don't know if it's terror." they knew within 24 hours, the state department was watching this in real time -- and apparently i have very good information tonight, and we'll break it tomorrow night -- that they knew they were under attack and help was requested and apparently not given. >> denied. >> my understanding, it was a rather long-lasting event, the attack. so it stands to reason they would call in for help. going back to the susan rice testimony, another thing that's curious about it's, to kind of understate the word, is why would she go out there and say things that apparently the state department itself didn't believe? we had a state department official recently saying, it wasn't our conclusion that it was a spontaneous protest that ran out of control. you had a state department official saying they were monitoring it in real time. how does susan rice get it in her head to say these other

things? dana, if you're a high official in a re-election campaign, something like this happened, somebody is going on every single sunday show, wouldn't you community with that -- communicate with that person, talk to her before? >> or you would say -- >> sean: by the way, i see our boss on the dais there. >> he would write funny lines for this. >> sean: he would, but he's in the news business, and he can't. >> one of the biggest mistakes was not drawing a clear distinct line on the banghazi attacks to say only government officials to answer questions about this to protect the integrity. by allowing other people to speak out, they politicized. >> sean: we go to the waldorf astoria. governor romney takes the podium, then barack obama.

we'll listen in. >> things. [applause] things. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. [applause] your eminence, cardinal dolan, mr. president, governor cuomo, mayor bloomberg, senator schumer, al and ann smith, thank you for your invitation. thank you for your extraordinarily warm welcome. ann and i appreciate your friendship very, very. thank you. [applause] now al, you are rights, a campaign can require a lot of wardrobe changes. blue jeans in the morning perhaps, a suit for a lunch fundraiser, sportcoat for dinner, but it's no doubt nice to finally relax and wear to ann

and i wear around the house. [laughter] i'm glad to be able to join in this venerable tradition. of course i'm pleased that the president is here. we were chatting pleasantly this evening as if tuesday night never happened. [laughter] and i credit that, of course, to the cardinal. it's taken new york's highest spiritual authority to gets us back on our best behavior. i was actually hoping the president would bring joe biden along this evening, because he'll laugh at anything. [laughter] of course this isn't a nice for serious politics.

and it was especially nice to see president obama and cardinal dolan sharing the dais despite their differences. i'm sure the cardinal has no hard feelings and we might get an indication of that during dinner to see if the president's wine turns into water. or for that matter whether my water turns into wine. [laughter] i'm pleased to once again have the chance to see governor cuomo who's already being talked about for higher office, a very impressive fellow, but he may be getting a little ahead of himself. i mean, let me get this straight. the man has put in one term as a governor, he has a father who happened to be a governor, and he thinks that's enough to run for president. [laughter] of course we're down to the final month of the president's -- months of the president's

term -- [applause] as president obama's surveys the waldorf banquet room with everyone in white tie and finery, you have to wonder what he's thinking. still a little time, so much to redistribute. [laughter] don't be surprised if the president mentions this evening the monthly jobs report where there was a slight improvement in the numbers. he knows how to seize the moment, this president, and already has a compelling new campaign slogan -- you're better off now than you were four weeks ago. you know, with or without all the dignitaries that are here, the al smith dinner surely lives up to its billing. usually when i get invited to gatherings like this, it's just to be the designated driver.

[laughter] your kind hospitality here tonight gives me a chance to convey my deep and long-held respect for the catholic church. i have special admiration for the apostle saint peter to whom it is said upon this rock i will build my church. the story's all the more inspiring when you consider that he had so many skeptics and scoffers at the time who were heard to say, if you got a church, you didn't build that. [laughter] of course with only 19 days to go until the finish line, the campaign full of surprises, the debates are very pint. just the other night we had a very fun debate. candy crowley and was happy to welcome, but people were curious how we prepare for the debate. let me tell you what i do, first refrain from alcohol for 65 years before the debate. [laughter]

second, find the biggest available straw man and mercily attack it. big bird didn't even see it coming. [laughter] by the way, in the spirit of "sesame street," the president's remarks tonight are brought to you by the letter "o" and the number 16 trillion. [cheers and applause] campaigns can be grueling, exhausting. president obama and i are each very lucky to have one person who's always in our corner, someone who we can lean on and someone who's a comforting presence with whom we wouldn't be able to go another day. i have my beautiful wife ann. he has bill clinton. [laughter] we got a big dose of the biden

charm last week, i'll tell you that, in his debate with paul ryan. i'm not sure that all that carrying on had quite the effect that joe intended, because afterwards i heard from the federal election commission. from now on, whenever he appears on tv, there's a recording of me afterwards that says, i'm mitt romney, and i i a prove this message. rules have to be place, because what other safeguards do we have besides the press -- [applause] i never suggest that the press is biased. i recognize they have their job to do, and i have my job to do. my job is to lay out a positive vision for the future of the country. their job is to make sure no one else finds out about it. [applause]

let's just say that some in the media have a certain way of looking at things. when suddenly i pulled ahead in some of the major polls, what was the headline? "polls show obama leading from behind!" [laughter] and i've already seen early reports from tonight's dinner. headline, "obama embraced by catholics. romney dined with rich people." [laughter] of course the president has put his own stamp on relations with the church. there have been awkward popes, liking when the president pulled pope benedict aside and shared advice how to deal with his critics. he said, look, holy father, whatever the problem is, just

blame it on pope john paul ii. [laughter] of course the president has found a way to take the sting out of the obamacare mandates for the church. for now on they'll be in latin. we have very fundamental and sound principles that guide both the president and me. he and i of course feel the pressures and tensions of a close contest. it would be easy to let a healthy competition give way to the personal and the petty, but fortunately we don't carry the burden of disliking one another. our president has had fine and gracious moments. don't tell anyone i said so, but our 44th president has many gifts and a beautiful family that would make any man proud. [applause]

in our country, you can oppose someone in politics and make a confident case against their policies without any ill will. that's how it is for me. there's more to life than politics. at the al smith foundation, the archdiocese of new york, you show this in the work you do, in causes that run deeper than allegiance than party or to any contest of the moment. no matter which way the political winds are blowing, what work goes on, day and day out by this organization, and you. you answer with calm and willing hearts, in service to the poor, in care for the sick, in defense inhts of conscience, and in solidarity with the innocent child waiting to be born. you strive to bring god's love into every life. [applause] i don't presume to have all your support, e, and on a night like

this i'm certainly not going to ask for it, but you can be certain that in the great causes of compassion that you come together to embrace, that i stand proudly with you as an ally and friend. god bless you all. and god bless the united states of america! thank you. [cheers and applause] >> sean: governor mitt romney, alfred e. smith dinner tonight. we're awaiting the remarks by president obama. he killed it. he killed the room. that was very funny. >> excellent. he wrote a great speech. he has great timing. he showed something that a lot of the republicans and conservatives were clamoring for during the primary, they wanted somebody with an edge, an ability to needle the other person, which he showed he could do. >> sean: yeah. the headline tomorrow is that president obama, you know, was brought into the -- to engage with catholics, and romney dines

with rich people. >> i thought it was funny. i did. he didn't write it, come on, let's be honest. neither one are writing their jokes. i thought he did a good job, because he's perceived as being stiff. >> sean: we've got round two. president obama takes to the podium. here we go. [applause] >> thank you, thank you. thank you so much. thank you. everyone, please take your seats. otherwise conflict eastwoo clinl yell at them. [laughter] thank you to al and nan, to your eminence, governor, mrs. romney, governor cuomo, mayor bloomberg, senator schumer, all the distinguished guests who are here. in less than three weeks, voters

in states like ohio, virginia, and florida will decide this incredibly important election, which begs the question what are we doing here? [laughter] of course new yorkers also have a big choice to make. you have to decide which one of us you want holding up traffic for the next four years. tonight i am here with a man whose father was a popular governor, and who knows what it's like to run a major northeastern state, and who could very well be president some day, and i'm hoping it is andrew cuomo. [applause] this is the third time that governor romney and i have met recently. as some of you may have noticed, i had a lot more energy in our second debate.

i was really well rested after the nice long debate i had in the first debate. [laughter] [applause] although it turns out millions of americans focused in on the second debate, who didn't focus in on the first debate, and i happen to be one of them. [laughter] i particularly want to apologize to chris matthews. four years ago i gave him a thrill up his leg. this time around i gave him a stroke. [laughter] of course there's a lot of things i learned from that experience. for example, i learned that there are worse things that can happen to you on your anniversary than forgetting to buy a gift. [laughter]

take note, gentleman. now, win or lose,ing this is my last political campaign. so i'm trying to drink it all in. unfortunately mayor bloomberg will only let me have 16 ounces of it. [laughter] but that's okay, i'm still making the most of my time in the city. earlier today i went shopping at some stores in midtown. i understand governor romney went shopping for some stores in midtown. [laughter] it brought back some great memories, because some of you know i went to school here in new york. had a wonderful experience here. [applause] used to love walking through central park, loved to go to old yankee stadium, the house that ruth built, although he really

did not build that. [laughter] i hope everybody's aware of that. [applause] it's been four years since i was last at the al smith dinner. i have to admit some things have changed. i've heard people say, barack, you're not as young as you used to be. you don't have the pep in your step, and i say, settle down, joe, i'm trying to run a cabinet meeting here. he does smile when he says it, though. tomorrow it's back to campaigning. to cities and towns across our great country, and i hear the same thing everywhere i go. "honestly, we were hoping to see michelle." [laughter]

i have to admit, it can be a grind. sometimes it feels like this race has dragged on forever. but paul ryan assured me we've only been running for 2 hours and 50-something minutes. [applause] of course the economy's on everybody's minds. the unemployment rate is the lowest since i took office. i don't have a joke here. i just thought it would be useful to remind everybody, that the unemployment rate is the lowest since i took office. [applause] we're getting to that time when folks are making up their mind. just the other day, honey boo-boo endorsed me. that's a big relief. [laughter] ultimately, though, tonight's not about the disagreements governor romney and i may have. it's what we have in common can, beginning with our unusual

names. actually mitt is his middle name. i wish i could use my middle name. [laughter] thinking ahead of our final debate on monday. i'm hoping that governor romney watching at home, is this voice"? monday's debate is a little bit different, because the topic is foreign policy. spoiler alert. we got bin laden. [laughter] of course world affairs are a challenge for every candidate.

you know, after some of you guys remember after my foreign trip in 2008, i was attacked as a celebrity, because i was so popular with our allies overseas. i have to say i'm impressed with how well governor romney has avoided that problem. [laughter] just so everyone knows in our third debate, we won't spend a whole lot of time interrupting each other. we will also interrupt the moderator just to mix things up. [laughter] finally, let me say that i've been doing some thinking, and i've decided that for our final debate i'm going to go back to the strategy i used to prepare for the first debate. i'm just kidding. i'm trying to make axelrod sweat a little bit, get him a little nervous. [laughter] in all seriousness, i couldn't

be more honored to be here this evening, honored to be leaders of the private and public sectors, and particularly the extraordinary work done by the catholic church. you know, it's written in scripture -- [applause] it's written in scripture that tribulation produces perseverance, and perseverance character, and character hope. this country's fought through some very tough years together. while we still have a lot of work ahead, we've come as far as we have mainly because the perseverance and character of ordinary americans. it says something about who we are as a people that in the middle of a contentious election season, opposing candidates can share the same stage. people from both parties can come together -- [applause]

come together to support a worthy cause. i particularly want to thank governor romney for joining me, because i admire him very much as a family man and a loving father, and those are two titles that will always matter more than any political ones. [applause] we may have different political perspectives, but i think -- in fact i'm certain -- that we share the hope that the next four years will reflect the same decency and same willingness to come together for a higher purpose that are on display this evening. may we all, in the words of al smith, do our full duty as citizens. god bless you. god bless your families. and may god bless the united states of america. of america. thank you very much. [applause]

>> sean: there you have it, president barack obama and governor romney mitt romney at the alfred e. smith dinner. cardinal dolan is in the middle, which may be a good thing. when we come back, we'll analyze who had the better night. we'll continue and have the media bias segment, including breaking news tonight straight ahead. gecko (clearing throat)

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allowed to say who won this? i have a strong opinion. i thought mitt romney was much -- >> all i was thinking is that president obama better hope this election goes his way, because i don't think he's going to win on "last comic standing." >> sean: he did have one good line. he goes, well, governor's middle name is actually mitt. gee, i wish i could use his middle name. that was funny. >> that was very funny. he had more than one good line. i did say during the break, i can be objective, and i didn't think his pacing and time was as good as governor romney's. >> he doesn't look like he's having fun at all. in 2008, one of the things that happened was that they came back, said he had a terrible week on the campaign trail. they said, what's wrong with him? meaning president obama, at the time senator. they said, he's not having fun on the campaign trail. that's when my successor, robert gibbs, went out on the campaign trail. he took a week, and ended up on being the campaign trail for four months with him because it

made him feel better. >> sean: i love the big bird line, 16 trillion. >> i had a couple impressions. one, it's hard not to like a politician when he's being self-deprecating. i like the middle of obama's remarks, good stuff in there. he kept on coming back to that first debate, came back to it again and again. romney was wittier. obama is supposed to have a sparkling personality and great speaker. mitt romney is supposed to go out there and be -- when he's self-deprecating, it's great stuff. people aren't used to seeing romney in that mode, so it's more valuable for him. >> sean: pretty good when he said, i have ann romney, he has bill clinton. >> that was written before today, i think. >> sean: yeah, probably was written before today. >> in addition to that, president obama took shots from governor romney, that were very

pointed. the water into wine comments. i love the 1-2 punches. very funny. >> sean: the president in his final months now, so to do, so little time, so much to redistribute. took a lot of shots at joe biden tonight. >> yes. honestly, that was very -- i found them to be funny, quite frankly. this isn't going to lead to anybody -- i bet money, nobody is going to say, i'm going to vote for that guy because he's a better comedian. >> sean: i think rich nailed it, though. this was bigger, i think, in the political context. it's a fun night, for a charity, etc., etc. we're 19 days out of a campaign. people watching this low. i think you're right, because there had been this caricature to go back to the earlier part of your analysis tonight, and this demon, mitt romney, bain capital, rich, out of touch. not only did people see he was serious, smart, had good ideas, not this guy that they had self-deprecating,

funny, somebody that was probably pretty relatable tonight. >> leslie's right, no one's going to vote on this, but a couple brushstrokes in the over the last few weeks that's very important. >> he has the wind at his back. people ask this question, can i stand this guy in my living room for the next four years? s first debate, oh, maybe i could. second debate, yeah. could have him in my living room. >> sean: the new gallup poll, 52% to 45%, governor romney, a significant margin. once you top that 50% mark, as we pointed out earlier, karl rove had said in fact that nobody's ever lost, being at 50% this late in the campaign. in pens, governor romney had been within striking distance, anywhere between two and four-point, but in this poll out later tonight, 49-45, that's governor romney. what are we to make of that?

>> honestly whenever i see a poll, with the president up, whether it's national or state, or mitt romney up nationally or state, i need to see more than one. that's one. >> sean: that's fair. >> second of all, left or right, i need to see that in the swing states. right now i'm just looking at -- i'm really looking at ohio. >> you always have to -- even though gallup is the most prestigious polling company, organization in the nation, you also have to average them out. scott rasmussen, our friend, we all admire him very much, says in the polls you have to look at the commonalities. in the national tracking polls, no one else has romney at 52, but has him at 46, 47, you average him out, it's 46, 47. an incumbent president at that level three weeks before an election is in a terrible predicament. >> sean: he i agree with that. "the daily show" taped a segment with president obama today. it's not been aired, but this was released in terms of a quote that he made talking about the banghazi consulate where he's

quoted as saying, here's what i say when four americans get killed, it's not optimal. american crossroads came out with a new ad today on top of the comments that came out tonight. watch this. >> you said in the rose garden the day after the attack it was an act of terror. it was not a spontaneous demonstration. is that what you're saying? >> please proceed, governor. >> it is in response to a video, a film. this in response to a video. >> internet video that we had nothing to do with. >> that was spontaneous? was it's a planned attack? was there a terrorist element to it? >> this is a response to a hateful and offensive video. >> the video and its influence on the protest that occurred in cairo and banghazi in response to this video. >> it was the video that caused the unrest in cairo that precipitated some of the arrests

in banghazi, sparked by the reaction to this video. the video was a precipitating cause to the unrest, specifically in libya. might take advantage of a situation that was brought about initially as a response to the video in question. >> natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the video. >> you're totally correct, that you spent two weeks telling us this was about a tape, and that there was a -- you know, this riot outside the banghazi consulate, which there wasn't. >> natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the it? how powerful an ad? >> effectives. the best thing that the romney campaign can do, or american

crossroads, if you're against the current administration, is let their own words speak for themselves and let people decide what the truth was. >> sean: they did not say it was a terror attack until -- not this happened on the 11th. on the/.ño 25th,=mf÷ on "the?m" obama,46 he said, "we don't know yet." so the president was wrong in the debate. >> not what he said in the rose garden. honestly, this administration, not being partisan, to me this is just being an person, as an american i, along with probably all of you want transparency, you don't just throw something out there that's not true. >> sean: four americans were killed, and you don't lie to the american people. >> i just said that. >> being dishonest about a terror attack, the immediate run-up to an election is a huge deal. look, this ad is a little bit debate columns, because romney did not make this point in the cleanest way in the debate, but very effectively points out that

if the president was really saying banghazi was a premeditated terror attack in the rose garden, which he wasn't, but tried to create that impression in the debate, then why did everyone go on for two weeks saying it was a spontaneous -- >> not only that, but an american citizen for a probation violation about a video.$p$px they blamed him for deaths of four americans. they blamed a video-maker that turns out not to be true, and turns out they knew it wasn't true. >> sean: wait a minute. there's a 50-minute tape of this -- what happened this night. it's available. the state department watched it in real time. i've confirmed tonight, i can say 100% that tape exists, and a transcript of them is available. will the american people see this before the election takes place? let me show you one other ad before we get to that. this makes fun the of the president, he likes to have a lot of fun. he's not too interested in that work part of his job.

he likes golf, basketball, traveling. watch this one. >> sometimes barack obama seems to confuse being president with being on spring break. since taking office, he's played more than 100 rounds of golf, while americans struggle to find jobs and save their homes, barack obama was too busy playing round after round after round of golf. even had to be pulled off the golf course when the operation to get osama bin laden was underway. while gas prices have soared and our national debt has exploded obama seems too busy trying to be the cool kid, yucking it up with tv stars and hollywood celebrities. when our ambassador and three other americans were killed in a terrorist attack in libya, obama refused to cancel his fundraising party in las vegas. it's time to retire the beer summit spring break presidency. it's time to put the adults back in charge of america. >> the campaign to defeat obama

pac is responsible for the content of this ad. >> sean: you're laughing, mr. lowry. >> not the most subtle ad ever. every golfer out there is probably, like, give him a break. you know, he can play golf. >> sean: have you played 100 rounds in your life? i haven't. >> it's funny, i was on a holiday, i think it was last thanksgiving, trying to improve my swing. and i hit 200 balls that day, because i had nothing to do. i was, like, if i was president of the united states, i could do this every single day, but i don't have time. >> i don't honestly -- and i know people may not agree with me obviously, but i don't think that this, or even the last ad, frankly are going to be that effective. you could fit in my hands the number of people that are undecided. two, neither of them appeal to women, which both need to go for. and three, if you look years ago at the swift boat ads, those were very effective because they were strong and very shocking. you know what i mean?

>> sean: but it pulls it together. >> i don't find the ads very effective. >> i think that as soon as something becomes a "saturday night live" joke, like the president's golfing, that's when you should as a staff be advising the principal, i think you have to take a day off today. there will be plenty of time for golf in the future, but today is not the day. >> it's a basketball day today, mr. president. >> right, inside activities. >> sean: or take a trip to new york and go to broadway. do that. guys, a lot of fun. thank you for being here. coming up, we review the liberal spin on the news. it's this week's edition of it's this week's edition of media mash. [ male announcer ] how do you turn 30-million artifacts... ♪

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>> welcome back to "hannity." time for media mash, our weekly round-up of all the ways the mainstream media tries to put their liberal spin on the news. with only 19 days left till voters head to the polls, president obama's allies are in panic, desperate mode. here to go through this week's material is none other than the president of the media research center, rare in-studio appearance, brent bozell. how you doing? >> i'm doing well. >> sean: this seems to encapsulize what has become the

obama campaign. in 2008, this is what he said. watch this. >> because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare voters. [applause] if you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. you make a big election about small things. >> sean: now think about this. dogs on top of cars. a phony war on women, accuse him of murder, scare people, throw granny over cliff, dirty air and water. all of those attacks. he's describing himself four years ago. >> let's not forget, when he was 14, or whatever, cutting someone's hair. that was also important. that was another thing. >> sean: but it was unfair for me to bring up a tape of obama in 2007. i was a bad person to do that. >> well, you know, for a politician to behave that way, that's politics. but i think, sean, what you and

i get most upset about is the fact that the so-called, quote, unquote, news media have been wavering the pompoms for this kind of character assassination. how many times have we said on this show, this would be all about character assassination, that the substance of the issues would never be introduced into this campaign. it's a simple proposition. he can't. obama can't do that. he can't say, let's talk about my record for the past four years. >> sean: everyone in the media got it wrong in the second debate. romney, it was the single greatest prosecution of obama's failures. he went through 1 in 6 in poverty, 17 million more americans on food stamps, 25 million unemployed americans, 50% of kids graduating college can't get a job. it was devastating. >> the same thing holds true for the first debate, because it was all about how obama had -- it was asleep at the switch, how obama didn't have his mojo, how obama -- it wasn't style. that was style. it was substance. he had no substance in the first

debate. >> sean: i've got all these cuts to go to, but this is a broader and more important subject. they never vetted him in 2007 and '08. they never did. never seemed to care about bill ayers, jeremiah wright and more. how does a community organizer acorn radical end up as president? president and senator. never shows up in the u.s. senate either. pretty amazing story when you think about it. up until this year, mitt romney confronting him in the debates about his record, the media never asked, you said you cut the deficit in half, you gave us trillion dollars in debt. never been asked that. >> reverse it. when you've been asked tough questions for 7, 10 years, nonstop, you'll build a thick skin. you'll know how to answer those questions. obama has not been asked the questions. never had to speak spontaneously. he's spoken in front of a

teleprompter all his life. suddenly it's unedited, the real thing. he had nothing. it was kind of embarrassing. >> sean: i agree with you. poor chris matthews. he's even mentioned tonight. if chris matthews -- if obama loses this election -- well, watch chris now. he compares paul ryan and his pro-life views to shoul sharia . >> they would give life, liberty, property rights to a fetus that had just been -- rather an egg that's just been fertilized right after sex, if you will. to have that notion that that would be a person under this personhood thing that ryan is pushing, and under the 14th amendment rights, the platform romney is running under, this is extremism. almost like sharia. you're saying to the country, we'll operate under religious

theory. >> sean: did you ever hear about the live born protection act abortion, where babiese a born alive, and would have mandated medical case, and obama voted no. >> he's the most pro-abortion president in the history of the republic. the majority of americans today call themselves pro-life. chris matthews says paul ryan is extremist. i've got to say this as a catholic. i was disappointed and very, very distressed to see chris matthews on that dais tonight at the al smith dinner. should not have been there. >> sean: let me ask you about the candy crowley issue, her saying something that wa was factually false about banghazi. >> the wheels are coming off everywhere. here you've got obama lying. he absolutely lied. i'll say it. he absolutely lied. she validated that lie.

people like david gregory and other reporters validated her validation of that lie, except she got caught, has to walk it back, but walks it back by saying romney -- >> sean: didn't use the exact words. >> -- in the main he was right. what does that mean? now the same people validating her, now they've got to walk it back. why can't you be honest in your answer? >> sean: the problem is the president in the rose garden never said banghazi was a terror attack. 14 days later, he's still not. >> anybody that runs interference for obama on this one issue is deliberately misleading the american people, sean. you can have a difference of opinion on different things, but the record is clear here. how many times must we go through it? six times at the u.n. speech. if the buck stops with hillary clinton, why when she was asked, who gave secretary rice the orders to do that, is her answer, you'll have to talk to her. that's clintonian.

why can't they give a straight answer about anything? >> sean: that's a good question. i don't know the answer. that's all the time we have left this evening. tomorrow night right here on "hannity," we have new information never heard before, seen before, as it relates to what happened in banghazi. in other words, truth. we're going to break something wide open tomorrow night. getsa is next. thanks for being with us. see you tomorrow night. >> greta: this is a fox news alert. tonight governor mitt romney and president obama sharing the stage at a new york city charity fundraiser. just moments ago they both spoke at the alfred e. smith foundation darren. >> your kind hospitality tonight gives me a clans to convey my deep and long-held respect for the catholic church. have special admiration for the apostle st. peter to whom it is said, upon this rock i will build my church. it's more inspiring when you consider he had many skeptics and scoffers at the t